News and Events


Dr. Justin Lavacek

Faculty Achievement

Dr. Justin Lavacek was elected to a three-year term on the executive board of the Texas Society for Music Theory (TSMT).

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Chuck Rainey


Thursday, March 23, 2023 - 12:30pm

Dr. Brian Wright will host an interview and Q&A with famed session bassist Chuck Rainey.

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Dr. April Prince

Faculty Award

Dr. April Prince (Principal Lecturer, Music History) was awarded the 2022-23 UNT Foundation Distinguished Lecturer Award, which recognizes outstanding accomplishments in teaching and service, commitment to pedagogical innovation, support of student success; and the promotion of teaching excellence across campus.

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Erika Soveranes

Student Award

Erika Soveranes (PhD, Ethnomusicology) was awarded the Vida Chenoweth Prize for the best student paper at the Society for Ethnomusicology-Southern Plains' Regional Chapter meeting held on April 9, 2022. Her paper was titled, “Ernestine “La Jovencita” Romero: Bridging the Gap Between Tejano and Nuevomejicano.”

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Kimary Fick

Alumni Achievement

Kimary Fick (PhD, Musicology, 2015) published an article, “Systems of Power, Privilege, and Oppression: Towards a Social Justice Education Pedagogy for the Music History Curriculum,” in the Journal of Music History Pedagogy 12/1 (2022).

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Clare Carrasco

Alumni Achievement

Clare Carrasco (PhD, Musicology, 2016) published an articled entitled “Performing ‘Art for the People’: Politics, Spectatorship, and Schoenberg’s Music at the Berlin Volksbühne,” in Music & Letters.

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Rebecca Geoffroy-Schwinden

Faculty Achievement

Rebecca Geoffroy-Schwinden collaborated on the research for and design of "

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